What Is a PS5?

Maybe your PS4 tends toget too hotor runs really loud.

Maybe your console has been having trouble turning on, or shuts off at random.

Slimmer PS5 and PS5 Digital

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Or maybe you just want to move up to the next tier.

Each tier comes with progressively more perks and benefitsalong with progressively higher subscription costs.

Here are some reasons why you might not want to shell out for a PS5.

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The unit comes with an 825GB solid-state drive, but really its more like 660GB of usable space.

That may sound like a lot, but many PS5 games require anywhere from 30GB to 50GB or more.

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Do I Need a PS5 to Play Modern Games?

Many newer titlesparticularly high profiles ones that arent console-exclusivearent coming to older hardware these days.

Will I Need to Buy a Bigger PS5 Hard Drive?

Is it Worth Getting a PS5 Slim?

Eventually, you won’t have a choice about whether or not to get a Slim version.

Once Sony sells through the older, larger models, this will be the only option.

Should I Wait for the PS5 Pro?

At least not officially.

Theres also talk of GPU rendering thats about 45% faster, along with 8K video support.